THE FEILDING BOROUGH.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 728, 29 January 1910, Page 12

THE FEILDING BOROUGH.

: iTho Feilding' Borough, contains; an area of, about',23oß acres,.-;with', a.'population estimated: by the Mayor,' 1 Mr.. \V.:J'S B. 'JL'rewin, ;.; ; at ■;.4000.' '.■' The'•'.■;district was settled >much .after ;the;,time ..the ",'Wairarapa and the. West Const, was.settled, and at the .present time.'it ranks-second ; to Pnlnieipton'. North; in.'thevManawatu and Rangitikei ■areas. "The public ■ debt .of the borough is JC75.336, ss. .Gd, andof this ;amou:it, -says .the -Mayor,', the water supply cost k£31,400 ;; ■';■ sewerage £27,232; surface .drainage £20,500 j,abattoirs, annual slaughtering': of ".stock;,. JGlO45' Is:; cool- storage s plant -for V: abattoirs;: JEB27; muriicipal'-. v -The,; town. ; .is. lighted; by. a,-.privatogas. compnny. vTho Mayor,, slates'■;.-.that .the .'municipal abattoirs.casily,r'piiy'■- r a ; return" 0f.5 per cent. on tli6'.''cpsf,'.whilo'.;-tho.';oool'; storage works, have'/beeu found to bo a '.Very;: great con-. ;veni.eiiee , iiv;,-the! hot,'weather. : The, borough .'owiis ,38. acres "in reserves'." The estimated.revenue; Trorn,-. the: borough'>.in : ilßS2;;.(nothing; but; ; the,estimate, being. ,bbexact, amount ;of ' revenue received was something .oyer'. £548£ ■■■■If, is stated.'that, the- next'; municipal : enterprise I.onr the part of 'tlie;bbrough' will be e]o'ctric.:light : and; a theatre, :at hnVestimated 'cost of .'.£6500 ;ahd.:i6ooo; respectively.■'"'A,ne.w' iiTo;brigade station is; to be built at a cost ; ; of. .£I3OO: ■-.:■ :.;TKe. present: aggregate rate' is -St', in. the 'pound;-..